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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by lugged on Sunday May 31, 2020 @07:25AM (#23368825)
Just because he can code doesn't mean he does on a daily basis for a day job, which is what this ask hn post is about no?
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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by bingerman on Sunday May 31, 2020 @08:09AM (#23369020)
Knuth still does code basically on a daily basis. At least that's what he said in some interview (writing two complete programs per week on average, small and large, and that definitely qualifies him as software engineer among other things) and I have no reason to doubt it.

https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html

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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by pjmorris on Sunday May 31, 2020 @07:44AM (#23368925)
Arguably, TAoCP has been his day job since the 60's, and it's full of code.
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